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Dear Santa I want a Stick - For some reason, couldn't submit to the soapbox, so, here's an addition ... [By: goblin69 / 2006-12-28]
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ouch ... should have made it a story. didn't mean to bump the previous link. feel free to lob guided larts .. - goblin69
um..this is what the LOTD is for. Don't worry about it, that was hilarious! -Bobsentme
Well, hey, I got my stick, and it's Al-you-min-eee-ummmmmmm....! -vacuumtubes
Dear Santa. My name is L.User. I WANT A NEWWWWW MOUUUSE!!!*SMACK!* -MacDaddy
I didn't think it was funny, I thought it was sad. Anyone here seen how they live in other countries? -Gerund
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The Programmer (Superiority) Heirarchy - Which programmers feel superior to which other programmers. Ruby made me giggle. [By: timelady / 2006-12-26]
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So, what if I use both C and Perl? Do I consider myself superior to myself? <Stack overflow error. Debug (Y/n)?> -ThirdOfFive
Where's my Fox? Bonus superiority to anyone who knows what language I mean. -VFox
If you're not talking about Foxpro (the dBase replacement / enhancement that is now maintained by Microsoft), then there must be some other fox of which I'm not aware. -chazz
MVI IS_SUPERIOR,C'Y' -concept14
I program in assembler. When I don't do that, I write in C. Draw your own conclusions. -chazz
WHAT!?! No bash or shell programmers!?! =P -Bobsentme
I know a little Perl, C++ and Java. So, I'm just really confused most days. -FixitWench
10 IF $BASIC="not in list" THEN LET $BASIC="most superior"....20 GOTO 10 -Tarantulus
I take it those of us in the i5/OS (OS/400) realm are in a world of our own? Is that because we are on one of the most stable platforms in the world? -Captain Trips
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Time track The Fat Man (tm) - You've heard about it, you knew it was being done... Now you can prove, once and for all, that Santa Clause DOES exist! If he didn't, would NORAD, "...a branch of the Federal Government", NOT be tracking him... in the interest of International Security, of course.
Apparently this is all part of Santa's continuing plea bargain agreement over charges of Trespassing, Breaking and Entering, Violating sovereign air space, international travel without a visa, transporting contraband electronics without inspection or tariffs.....
(Oh.. and as an aside to you all, my tech brothers and sisters... you, who have helped my mood more times then I care to count.... "Thank You. And my wish wishes to you all for a peaceful season, no matter what, if anything, you celebrate.")
[By: ShujinTribble / 2006-12-22]
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Anything NORAD can do, the Aussies can do better... http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/santa06/default.asp -Gromit
"... as santa has NOT provided us with a passenger or cargo manafest - we are ordering him to divert to canada." -Harm
I work retail, therefore, I believe in Santa with all my heart. When I clock out tomorrow evening, I'm saying to myself "I worked my ass off for a month straight, it's all Santa's game now." :-) </sentimental> -linkv
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Powerbook Explodes! - Full title:
Powerbook Explodes After Comcast Plugs In Wrong Cable
I didn't think it was /possible/ to screw up *this* badly! [By: Divinar / 2006-12-19]
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WTF!?! Wow, just wow. I don't think they will be letting them install it again. -Gunpe
Gives a new meaning to that mac error message with the icon of the bomb. -OgdenTechGuy
<Sorry, but it must be said:> "Main screen turn on." *BOOM* "What happen?" "Someone set us up the bomb!" :D <*Enters the LART shelter* "How are you gentlemen?"> -TheGhost
Ghost - You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA! -Divinar
Now, jokes aside: Can an installer or electrician explain to me how is it possible to have a "live" coax? I've never heard of POWER being transmitted trough coax cable. -TheGhost
TheGhost - Consider how they get the power to the LNB on a satellite TV dish for home usage (aka "DirecTV" and "Dish Network" in the USofA). Power over Coax has LONG been common, albeit usually about 5 to 12V ... THAT said, in one other forum, a guy mentioned that it's possible the installer mistook a power connector for a female "F" if he wasn't able to see it well. Or that the coax shield dropped across the AC in, which would ground through the cable modem, through the USB port, and through the laptop ... It's possible. I've seen as bad on a near strike by lightning. -ralphp1024
*cough*cough* no comment. holy shit. -SpitefulTech
sigh -- Comcast tech.. why does this truely not surprise me? -Harm
BLOTTO BOX! -vacuumtubes
"I got the k'boom but, where was the earth-shattering k'boom?" </butchered Marvin> Was the tech's name Marvin? </hightails it to shelter. "How are you doin' Ghost?"> -TheMacOne
Next time I get on a plane I'll be looking around for anyone with a laptop and a coax cable! -TechnoTherapist
Well, that saves me the trouble of riggin up an etherkiller Basterd style... I was always curios as to what would happen... -garwain
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How to Prank a Telemarketer - Thought this was funny, and you need sound for this, oh and its SFW, mostly. [By: duckhead / 2006-12-12]
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I need a tape recorder for the phone now! -cicero
That is SO BEAUTIFUL!! I love it! -mousie
I am so using this, usually when they call the office my co worker and I make up names of employees, last time it seems, "Hans" got fired because of sexual assault, this is what we told last time a Telemarketer called us. -LowLevelFormat
I love it. i wonder if I can persuade Lineswine to do this next time we get a telemarket call?. LadyLineswine -LadyLineswine
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A matter of scale.. - A rather interesting phone call to Verizon, where it's revealed that they don't understand the difference between dollars and cents. [By: Splunge / 2006-12-09]
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OMFG... Wow. -linkv
That was painful to listen to. -THETECHFROMHELL
Many people cannot do simple maths. Even with a calculator. They just don't understand it. Moreover, you can't explain it to them. If you try, they say something like "We can't all be math-e-matical geniuses like you, Gerund" in a sarcastic sort of way. I give up. -Gerund
I stopped listening after the first, "No (I don't understand the dif between dollars and cents)". This is nearly as bad as... well, lemme just add another rant to today's postings. -ShujinTribble
Gee, I sure would like to borrow .02 million dollars from the Verizon guy! -Parilla
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Bush uses "The Google"! - Is this like when kids use "The Dope"? No, this is when The Dope uses The Google! This is just funny! [By: TranceGemini / 2006-12-03]
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Seriously I would rather google the bush -Blue3c
One of the comments on that site is "maybe he shoujld google "failure". SO naturally I tried it. It was sound advice. -OgdenTechGuy
I recall a news article from a few years back when, GB senior went out to a grocery story and was amazed at how the laser thingy got the price from the bar code. Its good to know that our presidents are really in touch with the people. -shrikkee
Dubya using a computer? Gives a whole new
meaning to PEBCAK. -IceRuby
He can't remember the name of the program? What planet is HE on? -Captain Trips
I'm afraid. =( He uses The Google to pull up satellite maps. -mousie
Saw that on the news weeks ago. They call him "The Googler"... (sounds like there's a new villain in Gotham <g>)... but, will anybody Google 'The Googler'? <HEK9G> -MadJack
The REAL question is: if the shrub is 'the Googler', who on his staff is 'the Boobler'? <VHVEK9G!!!!> -MadJack
I googled for "The Googler" and got this: http://news.com.com/2061-10803_3-6129016.html -duckhead
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Make a 3D snowflake - Easy to follow directions, all that's needed is 6 squares of paper, scissors, some tape, and a stapler. I made one, and it's STUPENDOUS! [By: linuxmatt / 2006-12-02]
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Cool, a great progect for the kids, while their mom goes shopping... -DizzyDan
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Oh, now this makes sense! - So how are they going to recharge their batteries? LOL! [By: vacuumtubes / 2006-11-29]
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"The 5-foot-3 Kim is an enthusiastic basketball fan...." Fan, right. Not player, fan. Yellow men can't jump? -ShujinTribble
...unless your name is Yao Ming. (Then you don't need to jump, you're over 7' tall.) -Mushroom
I watched Yao get his foot broken in Salt Lake City...23rd row from the court. -Slycat
5'3"? Maybe, if you count the 6" of hair standing straight up...
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Kid Makes Fusion Reactor in Basement - Now, look at the commentary by his mother. Too funny for words. [By: Hastur / 2006-11-27]
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hmm... Deedee is not around, so I'm guessing he's not Dexter. Jimmy Neutron, perhaps? -TheGhost
So he always wanted to mix things...so long as it's not bleach and ammonia, nitrogen fertilizer and..... -vacuumtubes
Imagine what this kid could build if he got his hands on one of the original Anarchist's Cookbooks. archive.org anybody?... -unrenowned
What next? toddler makes a perpetual motion machine? -Antacid
No, NO, NO!! A toddler IS a perpetual motion machine! -purplelinguist
Actually, upon reading the article, it doesn't sound so far-fetched. Yeah, he's establishing fusion, but only on a *VERY* small scale -- only a few atoms at a time. His total energy input is probably thousands of times (at least) greater than output. But his method is sound. And relatively simple! -Captain Trips
follow up: "Teen aged 'mad scientist' who created fusion in his basement missing. Further follow up: "Mysterious 'Mr. O' Holding world hostage with death ray. James Bond unavailable for comment" -drachen
"Diamonds are Forever... No, that should be atoms... no... I got nothin... <eg> -MadJack
He's only listed as #18 on those to do this, it seems... nice that it's being done young. -namor
When will he be labelled a terrorist, though? -Calydor
How do you punish your kid if he does this? "You're grounded!" "Oh yeah? I'll scram the reactor!" - That, and how soon before Detroit becomes a black hole? ... -Jay911
Jay911: Dude, have you SEEN detroit? It's already become one. -Bobsentme
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101 free things - The latest, greatest FreeWare all compiled into one easy-to-choose-from listing ( I only found two I wanted, but hey....) [By: ThinTheHerd / 2006-11-22]
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I saw a few things on there that I might be interested in, and of course was reminded of a few others. So far, I'm liking the Pandora Internet Radio one...pretty cool. -squatchie666
Please tell me that it did not list GOOGLE DESKTOP on there?!? Have to wonder about this. -TheSingingTech
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MS Firefox - Microsoft releases it's own version of Firefox. Enjoy! ;-) [By: LadySharky / 2006-11-14]
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Thats a reeeeeeeeally intricate parody, the MSfirefox.com email actually works, almost everything looks legit, you have to actually read the text quite hard to even see most of the jokes... -Tarantulus
I'm curious what heppens if you actually download and install it? Is it IE7? FF 2.0? Some skin made to look like "MS Firefox" ??? Anyone??? -Bobsentme
It appears to just download the IE 7 installer from Microsoft's website. -h3x0n1c
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Geeks 1, Apple 0 - DRM...ITMS...can't play OGG or FLAC files on your IPod? Think again. [By: lineswine / 2006-11-09]
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This is a prime reason I won't buy an iPod. I've got a 6 yr old MP3 player that uses CDs. Old but it works fine. -Starfury
Awwwwwwww, c'mon, White Elephant technology isn't that bad, is it? I mean, look at the Elcaset, the Digital Compact Cassette, the Wire Recorder, the Playtape, the... :-) -vacuumtubes
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Next stop: power armor! - Check this out, apparently the first robotic suit is nearing commercial production, with a cost of between $40-60K. I know what I'm asking Santa for next year... [By: NightSteel / 2006-10-30]
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Does it come with sound effects? -Stryker One
"....but it's the wrong trousers!" -Gromit
Did anyone else have the hair on the back of their necks stand up when they read that 'Cyberdyne' is the name of the company making these things. -StylinTechie
*looks up Cyberdyne* That IS scary... and those suits are cheaper than I'd think -Veinor
It's happening again! /Dr. Who -Servo
The Land Walker looked pretty cool too. -AmazingKreskin
I think the scariest thing about that suit is the color scheme, all white with a few black highlites. I wonder if they can make the cockpit of the Land Walker a little bigger so the storm troo...er, operater can wear the suit while operating the Land Walker??? -squatchie666
I WANT A NEW HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!! -SpitefulTech
OOOh, You the man! Never thought I'd say this... Let's all VOTE! Seriously, all. I tell you what, the next time I have a fark-tard crappin on government, and when I ask, Did you vote? And he says No! I will punchhim/or/her in the face. If you don't vote you have no opinion! -Hellion
I smell Starship Troopers...and I mean the book! -RandalGraves
Hellion, I don't think that I will be voting this year. It's not worth going to prison and then being deported for misrepresenting my citizenship. But I still maintain the right to have opinions. -Fuji
Right on hellion! Because the underage and the ex-felons in most states have no right to an opinion! -Veinor
Veinor - I think it's safe to say that Hellion wasn't talking about the underaged, but the majority in the US that bitch and moan - but can't be arsed to get OFF their ass and go vote about it. And tend to have opinions shaped by the news media, with little or no resemblence to the facts. As to ex-felons? They gave that right up. "Do the crime, do the time." That part's been in the laws since, oh, George the First's day (and I don't mean Bush Sr.!) Of course, you can have a contrary opinion. I tend to agree with Hellion, with the "under-aged" exclusion. -ralphp1024
"Ex-felons gave that right up." "Do the crime; do the time." Interesting. So if I do the crime, and then do my time, it's still perfectly acceptable to continue to restrict my rights after I'm done doing my time? It's attitudes just like that one that are responsible for the 65% recidivism rate in this country. You're saying that once someone screws up, they no longer have any say in their government, even after they've completed their sentence? Can you say "taxation without representation?" The ex-felon voter demographic is growing by hundreds of thousands each year; almost 3/4 million last year alone. We have our own lobby, and it's getting noticed. So be careful who you piss off with that attitude, ralph. -RiffRaff
*shrug* If you had blown your foot off, then you'd still be footless. It's part and parcel of the payback. Don't like it? Work with folks to push for changing the law. But it's still there. And *ahem* So it's perfectly right to be a criminal if you don't like the laws? That means that Ken Lay (Enron prez) was right, correct? Or was he wrong? And how would he be different from any other felon (besides the fact that he's dead now)? I don't want your answer per se - just think about it carefully. As to pissing you off? *shrug* I've pissed off others during my life. Or am I NOT permitted to have an opinion, since it doesn't agree with yours? Consider your answer to THAT also - again, no need to reply here. Just think about it. -ralphp1024
what? i am so ahead of that. wait till your body mod responds like me;) -hal
Sure, you're entitled to your opinion, even if it is idiotic and uneducated. You might try reading the Constitution at some point to answer your own questions, because nowhere does it specify that any of the rights granted to citizens become null and void upon receiving a felony conviction, including the right to bear arms. Laws preventing ex-felons from voting are simply another method of the government end-running the 15th Amendment. Don't believe me? Try doing dome research on the subject before running your mouth on a topic which you clearly know nothing about. -RiffRaff
Amen Riff! (From another one of the club!) -VWFtech
personally i oppose disenfranchisement of any kind. let felons vote from prison, IMHO. Hell, they have time to actually research their candidates, right? -illiterate
um, what does felon voting rights have to do with robot suits? -illiterate
Got me. Hellion started it. ;~} -RiffRaff
Riff - You MIGHT want to re-read what I wrote. NOWHERE did I say it was in the Constitution. Speed limit laws aren't in the constitution either. Nor are the laws against murder. You claiming they don't apply to anyone either? Secondly - that's on a state by state basis. *shrug* But that's simple - just don't commit a felony, you won't lose your right to vote in those states. And - as I said - don't put words in other folks mouths. Never said it was in the constitution. If I did - QUOTE where I did, m'kay? -ralphp1024
Just don't commit a felony and all is good, huh Ralph? Well, having looked at your raped constitution, that isn't so easy. And what about getting arrested protesting your lack of rights? Do we all become mindless obedient robots? Oh, and the holier than thou tone of that is pretty arrogant, btw. What happened to redemption, done the time, its over? Is the US so punitive that it must keep punishing after prison? Are felons not human citizens too? Dont they have a right to say what their world post prison, the world their families live in, should be like? Thats so sodding self righteous, makes my blood boil. -timelady
Boobies. Accentuated with Power Armor. Think about that, and all will be well. -TechieSidhe
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David Blaine - This has nothing to do with Anythig... Its just really really Funny [By: LowLevelFormat / 2006-10-27]
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oh my god, too funny! -JoeLugian
"How tall are you?" "I'm five-foot, ace of clubs?! What the F!" Hehehee.... -ThreeBucks
It's MA-jic!</Some old magician-type-guy from the 70's> -ShujinTribble
You're going to like this. Not a lot, but you ARE going to like it </Paul Daniels> -Fuji
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Power of many - A girl went missing, thanks to the power of fark(and a PI) she was found alive and well. [By: drachen / 2006-10-19]
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Oh she was found? Great, I was reading the thread yesterday and was hoping all would work out - was pretty scary... -timelady
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What the internet is for... - NSFW - ...Porn porn porn! [By: SirJosh / 2006-10-13]
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I was singing that song when going into the shower I come on here and I see someone posted the link that is scary. I was thinking about that song since of SouthPark -Motient
is it the WOW version or some other version,(at work and can't watch) ::frown -drachen
It's the WoW version, audio only. -maciarc
Does anyone know where this song is originally from, and where we can get a vid of that? -MatrixMole
I think the song is actually from a musical -- Avenue E if I recall correctly. -chazz
Close, but not even in the right half of the alphabet, Chazz: it's from "Avenue Q", a Tony-award winning Broadway musical. The Anime-Music-Videos that have been made from it (one based on "World of Warcraft" and one based on "Trigun") have been around for over a year. They're everywhere. The Trigun one, at least, could be found at http://www.animemusicvideos.org , I'm sure (along with hundreds of other videos or links to them. I'm especially fond of the "1985/Azumanga Daioh" vid.) -LoTech
IIRC - Back in the day (Mid-70's), Ave Q in Brooklyn was home to "Puppy City", "...get a free house-breaking Wee-Wee Pad with every puppy."</WPIX-11 TV> -ShujinTribble
Shujin, I remember that commercial! Do you remember “Everyone into the pool!”? -Gunpe
Actually no.. though on further percussive memory adjustment, it was "Puppy City - Ave U in Brooklyn".</Old OLD fart> -ShujinTribble
Just in case you were curious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iAWst1zXkM is a link to an amateur video cameraman's shot of the original... probably not the original cast, though. -chazz
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Oh, YES! - You just KNOW that you'd want this to happen. [By: lineswine / 2006-10-11]
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"Where is the KA-BOOM? There was supposed to be an earth shattering KA-BOOM!"</Marvin the Martian quote> -rokitt
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TSC RSS Feed - Thanks matrixmole for the idea, thanks tarantulus for making this feed. It auto-updates, but not very quickly. Kinda BETA-ish right now... [By: linuxmatt / 2006-10-11]
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Just checked the update interval the service uses... 6 hours, Paid version updates every hour. Anyone wanna make the upgrade? I bet Hawk can do better though *wink*. -linuxmatt
Is it possible to host the XML on the TSC website?
Depending on the website's build, it can be automated server-side. Just my 2 cents... :) -TheMacOne
I'm looking into hosting one myself, I just gotta find out how to automate it cos I= T3h l4zy -Tarantulus
What's involved in the automation process? I've got a server that can be used, but I've never done anything with xml. Heck I can barely put together html beyond the most basic of tags. -MatrixMole
If u use Dreamweaver, there is an extension that is free (i think) that can do the job for you.
If the info supplied is wrong, feel free to BFG me. :\
Sry, lack of sleep. -TheMacOne
@MatrixMole: the XML is the easy part, the hard part is find/creating a tool that will scan the html of TSC and add it to the XML file -Tarantulus
Google is my friend... http://tinyurl.com/yjjfll for building rss feeds in general... not sure when I'll have the project complete but now that I know it's possible I'll work on it between phone calls and emails lol -MatrixMole
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The bugs are fighting back! - Appearently, the bugs are tired of eating us, and are fighting back!!! (Ok, I have no idea HOW this happened, but it's an earwig caught in the middle of google maps, over Germany.) [By: Bobsentme / 2006-10-07]
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Y'r gunna need a bigger can of RAID.</dah-DUNT! .... dah-DUNT!> -ShujinTribble
Err..that's supposed to be "tired of US eating THEM" -Bobsentme
Nah, it ain't on the ground, it is doing a skydive.
Apparently, as it exited the plane, it was heard to shout "'Ere wi go!" -lineswine
Saw that one a few days ago now... <style mode="pedant">That apparently is actually a thrips that got caught between the film and the glass as they were digitizing that photo. It's only about 1mm long in real life.</style> And that cloud at its tail? It's scared because it's getting squashed... it made brown... -chazz
Did anybody else think of Lavos' theme from Chrono Trigger when they saw this? -Veinor
<singing>Funky towel, towel's got the funk. Funky towel, towel's got the funk!</JoesApartment> On a related note: http://tinyurl.com/m88vq -unrenowned
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MMMmmmm insects - I'll let you read the horror for yourself. Can anyone confirm this? (I know Wikipedia confirms it already but I just don't want to believe!) [By: NOFXfan / 2006-10-05]
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Meh.... Way over-hyped, but true. ( http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/bugjuice.htm ) You inhale more insects (whole) when you dust your furniture and vacuum your house then you ingest from these foods. Additionally, ask anyone who's been through survival training, and they'll tell you that insects are an excellent source of protein. -RiffRaff
Unfortunately it's all true. mmmm yummy beetle guts <EG> -Tarantulus
There used to be this place called Roselyn Bakery here in town....USED to be....never ask what wound up in the cookies..... -vacuumtubes
What wound up in the cookies, VT? -Calydor
I'll give you a clue: Chocolate Chirpies. -vacuumtubes
as a non-vegan non-jew i'm not too worried about eating insects. especially if they make things taste or look good. i like organic foods whenever i can get them, but insects are fine, they are organic afterall. -Lehk
I'm not really disturbed by this at all, particularly considering that lobster, crab, and creyfish are very closely related to spiders and scorpions. What disturbs me more are caviar and patte (fish eggs and whipped goose liver). People actually pay lots of money to eat that stuff. -Antacid
If we took the exoskelleton out, it wouldn;t be CRUNCHY, then. WOULD it?</Obligatory> -ShujinTribble
Back when I was in the service, it was always fun in the field when we introduced the new recruits to those that had been through Jungle School. "You're not really going to eat that!?!"..."Crunch, mmmmmm....". We even had trading cards on the best bugs to eat. -AngrySup
There is a theory bandied amongst some anthro-types that we enjoy French Fries so much because they remind us at some basic level of wood grubs. These supplied significant dietary protein at a distant past point in our heredity. -TieDyedDinosaur
From Riff's Link: "There is a book out very recently that claims the red color of strawberry milkshakes comes from a tropical beetle ground up for its red coloring." That doesn't bother me as much as the cochroach infestation that typically happened inside our old McD's milkshake machine. -Bobsentme
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Um, Clinton Endorsing Linux? - Not really but it's weird because I just barely last night found out the meaning of the word Ubuntu and bam clinton uses it. [rambling] Like when I was in highschool and discovered altoids, suddenly they were everywhere. Or when I started smoking clove cigarettes, bam I noticed them in movies and on tv. Always seems as soon as I look in to something it gets big, like with the internet....[/rambling] [By: drachen / 2006-09-28]
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Quick Drachen, notice fat guys are sexy! *crosses fingers* -GargoyleTS
Oh, and geek girls are the next pinups! -CommanderData
CD- They aren't? I'd much rather drool over a geek chick than Paris Hilton anyday... -linkv
Paris who now? -ThinTheHerd
mmmmmmmmmmmmm geek chicks auuuuughhhhh *drool* </homer simpson> -Tarantulus
This thread useless without said geek girl pics. -Gecko
NSFW http://www.thatimagesite.com/boobs/2121 -unrenowned
Notice that I am underpaid, and underlaid. -burrkiss
Just thought you'd want to know -- most clove cigarettes are actually only 10% cloves -- the remaining 90% is tobacco. -Captain Trips
You want geek girl pics? Then try these NSFW ones http://www.nerdpr0n.com/anna/ -MarkerMage
so, when does the "geek girls" calendar get released? -xtc46
Hmmmm... Dare I open this page during work hours? Geek girl pics? Should I??? Gnnngh ARRRRghhh...Fuck work! I QUIT! -billybien
Rated 4/5 Zeldas.
Now press A,A,B,A... ;) -TheMacOne
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Weird Al & MySpace - It's true, he has a MySpace account (man... what a nerd...). Pause the audio player, then scroll down to the YouTube video (Press play for those of you visiting the site that need your hand held while pressing the power button on your computer...).
Oh, I don't know what the average time is until a link gets bumped, so if I didn't wait long enough, just LART me for it later. [By: unrenowned / 2006-09-20]
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I heard this on Bob & Tom. Its definitely funnier with the video! -Bobsentme
T-Minus 6 days and counting until "Straight Outta Lynwood"!! -TheSingingTech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYecaFLYWLg&mode=related&search= -Tarantulus
Oh come on - NOBODY is fluent in Javascript! {tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh, 'e' vIjatlhchu'be'} -Divinar
La La Cthulu f'taghn?? -Tarantulus
Tarantulus -- isn't that "Ia Ia Cthulu f'taghn"? I wonder if the Elder Gods would like a nice spidery meal... 'twas nice knowing you. -chazz
Amateurs...I keep TELLING you, my cousin's name is spelled "Cthulhu"! Fer CRYING out loud, he HATES it when folks can't even get his name right. Then they wonder why he's always angry when he shows up! -Grue
I just saw the Weasel Stomping 'video' on Robot Chicken last night, that was awesome, as was the bump they played at the next break: "If we went back in time to 1984 and told you that in 2006 Michael Jackson = Flameout, and Weird Al = Still Relevant, you'd laugh your head right off your body." -AmazingKreskin
Nah, Kreskin, I would have believed you. I didn't know who Wierd Al was until the early-90s, and I could tell that so long as he kept doing what he was doing, he'd always be popular. ;) Then again, in the early-90s I was the girl whose highschool photo made me look like a beetle ...the bug, not the band. -mousie
So - what's he parodying this time? I love the video, but I have no clue - I think he saw me at a convention somewhere... -Divinar
My Brother & Sister inlaw are getting me the album for my birthday, 8 days to go...... -TechBoy
oh, I'm sorry, forgive if I don't speak fluent "church of the starry wisdom" fishbabble!!!! </sarcasm> -Tarantulus
Tarantulus - http://www.macguff.fr/goomi/unspeakable/home.html -Divinar
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Hyperland, by DNA (with Tom Baker!) - From the BoingBoing article : "In this one-hour documentary produced by the BBC in 1990, Douglas falls asleep in front of a television and dreams about future time when he may be allowed to play a more active role in the information he chooses to digest. A software agent, Tom (played by Tom Baker), guides Douglas around a multimedia information landscape, examining (then) cuttting-edge research by the SF Multimedia Lab and NASA Ames research center, and encountering hypermedia visionaries such as Vannevar Bush and Ted Nelson. Looking back now, it's interesting to see how much he got right and how much he didn't: these days, no one's heard of the SF Multimedia Lab, and his super-high-tech portrayal of VR in 2005 could be outdone by a modern PC with a 3D card. However, these are just minor niggles when you consider how much more popular the technologies in question have become than anyone could have predicted - for while Douglas was creating Hyperland, a student at CERN in Switzerland was working on a little hypertext project he called the World Wide Web..." [By: timelady / 2006-09-13]
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With my favorite Doctor, no less... -maciarc
Start watching around 5:15... the "butler"'s control panel is hilarious! -Veinor
Who you callin' "niggle"? -billybien
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One word caught my eye - and that's all I'm gonna say! [By: vacuumtubes / 2006-09-12]
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what about the Zombies?? -gashach
and the goats? -chazz
that's odd, according to the complaint the objects were "considered unmailable, and were not delivered" Isn't preventing mail delivery a federal offence, and everyone involved with this investigation a felon? wow I can find the "see even the government doesn't follow it's own rules" in anything. I need a new hobby. -drachen
Drachen: One of the more little-known clauses in the Patriot Act is that the government doesn't HAVE to follow its own laws. -Veinor
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We Will Never Forget - Five years, and this tribute still moves me to tears. Please take a few moments to remember. [By: RiffRaff / 2006-09-11]
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I agree. Hard to believe it's been 5 years for that, 11 years for the OKC-Murrah bombing, and 13 years since WTC-I. Just wow. With all the crap that's happened since, there was a lot of good shown that day and the days following, by the emergency personnel and the people and companies that banded together to help out. By the way, *dial-up warning* - this is a 7MB file. -missourimule
...The dust plume was easilly seen and photo'd by ISS while passing overhead at roughly 360 km (220 miles)... Incredible. -ShujinTribble
What struck me is how New Yorkers pulled together and helped each other after such a disaster, yet after Katrina in New Orleans it was "dog eat dog." You'd expect the exact opposite in each city based on stereotypes. (Just about the only thing that makes me proud of being from New York!) -Captain Trips
All I can say; never again. -virusjtg
Captain: with the attacks it was "those bastards attacked us, all of us." so they banded together. with katrina it was "I can't get out." or "I won't get out" nothing about we there. -drachen
I wanted to add that it was very beautiful how New York and all of America bonded. Being from an area that was devastated by Katrina (since it was mentioned) I'd like to thank the rest of the country who helped because there were alot who opened their homes to those without. -Zayda
Yes, 9/11 was a terrible thing. So what did America do? Attack a country that had nothing to do with it, namely Iraq.
Ask yourself this question...how many innocent Iraqis have via this course of action? Are their lives somehow worth less than that of a US citizen? N.B. MAny nations, including my own lost lives at the TWC. My feelings are with ALL that have lost innocent loved ones. -lineswine
Iraq should have been dusted LONG before 911 just for firing missles at the patrol aircraft. We should have NUKED Afganistan and Palistine for 911, and told the rest of the world to F-off with their complaints. We've lost enough lives trying to bring civilization to nations that WANT to live in barbarizm. Let em rot. -LeopardMadcat
Now if we only had the resources to deal with our internal barbarianism. The US is rotting from the core here. -PolarCoyote
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[ot]funny street signs - i like the hell sign. [By: timelady / 2006-09-06]
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I like "No trespassing Violators will be shot Survivors will be shot again" -Motient
The sign for 'Dildo' is real. The town of Dildo is located in Newfoundland, less than and hour's drive from St. John's. -StylinTechie
"fuk mi" is fake: http://www.engrish.com/faq.php#Q6 -Veinor
I guess the iLoo is right out, then. :P -Antacid
The Climax / High Point sign is not far from where I live. Both are towns/Cities next to each other. -Gunpe
I wonder why they never take a shot of the Romulus MI sign? Not enough Trek fans online? -Caffiend
The 'Diesel Fried Chicken' is a gas! -TieDyedDinosaur
They forgot the intersection of Unida Place and Haveteur Way! (Located in the Serra Mesa neighborhood of Sandy Eggo. The developer had a thing for fast food.) -Captain Trips
I personally like the sign near Halifax that indicates that the next exit is for "Mount Allison" and "Up. Uniacke". Seems fitting somehow... -chazz
What, no Big Beaver exit 69? I pass that one twice daily. -edventure
The guy molesting the tree looks like Lineswine..... -CommanderData
CD You've got a point there, It does -nightwalker21
taking I-15 to south from las vegas, before you enter california there's a "zzyx road" -drachen
Caff - There's a Romulus, NY too (Central NY near Ithica) -ShujinTribble
Portland, Oregon. Eat at the Far Hung Low Chinese restaurant -MacDaddy
I'm surprised the sign for Boring, Oregon isn't listed -Grembo
I like the "those who throw objects at crocodiles will be asked to retrieve them". fair warning to the *fish. -illiterate
CD - you are DEAD, ya hear me, DEAD! (Nightwalker is WAY too scary looking to say that to). -lineswine
I need to post a sign of the Kitty's Chinese Restaurant by me. -FixitWench
Unida Place & Havateur Way... I forgot about those, heard of 'em years ago...
"The POOP Shop..." Why am I reminded of a gomer advertising for his family tool business... Poor guy was saddled w/ the last name 'Shitty' (pronounced SHEDDY, but...SERIOUSLY!!!) "Thank you for calling Shitty Tools, how can we help you?" -MadJack
Lineswine: The term "tree hugger" is just that. a figure of speach.... It seams you've taken it a bit too literally, and to new heights (or is that depths?) -wolfprince
The guy who roofed my house was Gary, of Gary and Sons, not until he signed the estimate did I see his last name - Schmuck. Yep, Gary and Sons is a better name for a company! -TieDyedDinosaur
In Edmonton, AB, they have several "High Collision Intersection - Strictly Enforced" signs. I wonder if that means the city causes accidents? -Snakeeye
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The 2006 World Stupidity Awards - Vote. Encourage others to vote. This is the one time your vote really matters. [By: timelady / 2006-09-05]
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Too bad that list is so limited (so many of the same themes overdone) but it is a fair enough start. Much dumber things have been said or done than listed there. -Mushroom
Hey, I can provide them with plenty of nominees to flesh out the competition... I'll just send them an email with samples from my daily case logs. -TechnoCat
Wow, can you say RABIDLY anti-conservative? In most of the categories, 3 out of 5 of the "nominees" are Bush, Cheney, or some other republican figure. Like the one "MEDIA OUTLET WHICH HAS BEST FURTHERED IGNORANCE"... Rush Limbaugh, or Fox News, but no CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, etc? Colbert doesn't even BELONG on that list. This whole poll is a crock. -EagleEye
But dammit, it's a FUNNY crock! -Veinor
EE - I saw it mentioned Anne Coulter...she SOOOO deserves to be in the list - the woman is ghastly. -lineswine
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Water Level Battery Indicator - Gizmodo - Can anyone think of a more practical use for a motion sensor in a cameraphone? Maybe automatically rotate images captured with the camera (If you turn it sideways to take a wide picture, it automatically rotates the image before saving it)? [By: linuxmatt / 2006-08-25]
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Yet another cool, but useless technology. (Sorry, i like it, but am not going to pay extra for it) -Bobsentme
I don't see where it's an extra charge, Bob; and if it is now, if it catches on, it soon will be standard. -SouthernMyst
that is so cool... and I thought a phone that could play my music AND take pictures was good.
I am shamed now... haha.. BUY ME ONE BOB! -donk
Donk likes it. 'nuff said. *Heads on off to the LART shelter* -Bobsentme
Stupid...it is a flip phone...wich means that you will never see the LCD WATER INDICATOR while talking, or while it is in a pocket or purse. The only time anyone will see it is when the battery is low, showing it off to their friends or bragging about how cool it is-like most people do...yyyaaawwwnnn. Take out the stupid motion sensor and add another antenna amp so i dont get anymore dropped calls! Just like an XBOX 360, they will build anything and everything into these things before it even works properly. -Acidstyle77
I said STUPID in the beginning of my comment, just wanted to make clear i wasnt refering to you....just the idea ;) -Acidstyle77
I wouldn't mind having that on my phone. The current battery indicator is completely worthless. It never goes down, the phone just goes dead with no warning when the battery dies. -sassicatz
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What if this woman is SANE? - Umm, I can barely begin to describe this one. But its must read:) [By: timelady / 2006-08-24]
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Classic paranoid schizophrenia. Get her some shock treatment and a *lot* of drugs, she'll be right as rain! -Dj
Well, THAT'S 5 minutes of my life wasted beyond recognition. -ShujinTribble
(Singing) "They're coming to take her away...HAHA. They're coming to take her away...HOOHOO, HEHE, HAHA. To the funny farm, where life is beautiful all the time..." -TheSingingTech
Nurse Ratched says it's Thorazine Drip time.... -vacuumtubes
I think I've spoken to her before. Does she own or work at a hotel? -Antacid
Sounds racist to me. Only wanting a accoutning of blacks in fostercare? A physical accounting of all black? Why not whites too? Nuts. -burrkiss
She's obviously insane. <sarcasm=on> I mean, it's obviously her ISP's fault... <sarcasm=off> -maciarc
And what if things fell up? It's as likely... -Divinar
at least this nutbar still believes in the justice system.....wait, that might be a symptom. -drachen
Well, she's *some* future psychiatrist's doctoral thesis, waiting to happen... Unfortunately, medicating for paranoid schizophrenia has not had the kind of breakthroughs that meds for bipolar and depressive syndromes had. If you've ever seen anyone doing the 'Thorazine shuffle', you understand why schizophrenics avoid their meds; most antipsychotics cause users to suffer chronic drowsiness and lethargy. -MeanDean
Fascinating reading. I think I met her on a city bus once, parts of this seem familiar... except for mention Proteus was invented by and run by space aliens. Nevermind that detail. The flaw in this ointment is that it wasn't Cheney who bored of killing black women and was interested in gang-raping Iraqi men (Cheney is into gang-killing Iraqi men and women), it was Rush Limbaugh... if you're gonna file suit, get your facts straight. BTW, the "Rockerfellers" were named in the suit but I didn't see in the text where they came into this. Maybe because they're the old Illuminati? Nah, that's just crazy talk... -Mushroom
I'll take "Who needs to have their head examined by a proctologist" for a thousand, Alex! -elcapitane
For more details on this & other wacky court cases, visit http://members.aol.com/schwenkler/wcc/index.htm -lineswine
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Weird Al sings about filesharing! - The First single from his new Album "Straight Outta Lynwood": "Don't Download This". This is an Al Original, not a parody. [By: TheSingingTech / 2006-08-22]
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According to Magenta, this is a parody of contemporary Christian "Praise & Worship" genre, a la Steve Chapman. Listening to it for the first time, she was able to correctly sing the backup parts at the exact moments they came in, so I believe her. Absolutely hilarious. -RiffRaff
ahh sweet irony... there's a download link right under the song title. -Bynar
He is the man of irony, thats what his career is built on, and quite well. Loved the part about gold plated hummers. -evolvedstarfish
LMAO! Especially when he says all the program names to download music from!!! -Bobsentme
I loved how he made the jump from downloading to robbing a liquor store :P Plus, he's gotta pay for his diamond studded pool to go with his 2nd gold plated hummer. -squatchie666
HE MADE A VIDEO FOR IT! Not his typical stuff though. http://music.yahoo.com/premieres -TheSingingTech
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Oooops! - Come home to a real fire - buy a Dell laptop. [By: Gromit / 2006-08-15]
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Thank you, saw this on the news, but they only said 'dell recalls batteries. in other news...' Started looking, but got bored ;) -evolvedstarfish
Maybe Dell should start using Burning for You as their theme music. -Starfury
https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/Default.aspx -Jeckler
The dell,the dell,the dell is on fire..... -starfishmagnet
"Now that's a fire!"</Eddie Murphy> -PTSTech
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videodownloader - firefox extension - Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion... and other 60+ video sites ! And all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc) ! Directly !
VideoDownloader add a small icon on the status bar at the bottom of your firefox window, and a toolbar button. Just click that and download the video you are watching ! [By: timelady / 2006-08-12]
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Heh, I've been using this for a long time now. -unrenowned
Romana - I think the link you posted fell through the vertex. Here's a good link ... https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2390/ .. RwP
-ralphp1024
oops! thanks ralph*:) -timelady
Nice, I had previously been using KeepVid (www.keepvid.com), but this will take far less effort. Nice find! -modeski
I know what I'm installing tonight. :) -TheSingingTech
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Turbulence photo - gorgeous - best shot of turbulence - EVER! [By: timelady / 2006-08-08]
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"...he's doin' his Superman thing."</Bullet Time, kinda... thing...> -ShujinTribble
Southbound approach? -maciarc
Heh. That must be from the wingtip vortices - can be very nasty indeed if you're in a smaller plane following a 757. -Chromatix
Now that is stunning! -CommanderData
Heh. A former coworker told me once that he was landing a light plane (Cessna? some sort of light plane prop plane, in any case) on a runway (IIRC, at a military base he worked at) - and buzzed the tower when turbulence left over from the moving of the helicopters from the left side of the airstrip to the right side fo the airstrip flipped his plane 90 degrees. -Shevaresh
Amazing. I wonder if this was a planned shot or a case of someone in the right place at the right time. -Antacid
Why not both, Antacid? Remember that National Geographic cover-shot of the Taj Mahal framed by a rainbow? The photographer CALCULATED the place that he needed to be by using the angle of the sun and the index of refraction of water-to-air and THEN drove there to take the shot. (or so said my HS physics teacher.) -LoTech
Airliners.net has quite a few photographers w/ good eyes in the right place at the right time... That one's good! -MadJack
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You are gonna hate me for this - A quite enjoyable/hair pulling quiz puzzle thingy will test if you are firing on all cylinders (totally sfw but not for patience ;0) [By: starfishmagnet / 2006-08-05]
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I stopped when it got to the German. -RandalGraves
I had to call on google on the german, totally lost it on buchanan
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I quit at sédecim it seems latin is not my strong point. Of course if you look at the source code and change a few things to look like FFFFFF then you get a hacker begone screen :p -CrystalMare
AAARRGGHH!!!!! finished the durn puzzle... but damn!!!! -CrystalMare
Yes, got it finally. Jebus 20 and 21 were hard. -StylinTechie
I used google a bit - I don't know Spanish at all, and my German is only good for getting my face slapped.... -Divinar
The only one I cheated on was ojofuffo. I Googled it and quite by accident clicked on a link to a forum where this exact website was being discussed. As far as 10946 is concerned... $last = 1; $i = 1; while ($i < 10947) { print "$i\n"; $i = $last2 + $i; $last2 = $last; $last = $i; } -Mango
Mango, I ran into that same site :( I feel all dirty knowing that I inadvertently cheated. -Antacid
FTR: The only relevant link Google came up with was the spoiler. You'll have to work this one out on your own :D -Mango
What the hell is 20 - I realise it must be a 21-sided polygon - but both of the 2 answers I try are wrong!!
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Doh - it was the *third* way of spelling it :o) -n3il
I've seen Granny dance... -lineswine
Granny dance! -Veinor
finished, I've seen tougher, try notpron.com -Tarantulus
bwahahahahaha. do the Woody baby. And see granma dance. -kennz
Dance, Granny, dance! (I got WAY hung up on a red-herring reference to Descartes. There's a REASON that I don't buy word-puzzle books...) -LoTech
ojofuffo was one that took me forever. The rest .. pffft, no biggie, though my latin was a little less than sterling :P -Mysty
I'm stuck on uranus! Quit laughing...it's NOT FUNNY! -rokitt
I'm stuck on the "eLeVeN" screen. This is fun.... -JoeLugian
The Granny Dance... I saw the Granny Dance... (and rokitt... it IS funny!!!) -duckhead
Now I'm stuck trying to figure out what is Latin for 17. This is crazy! -rokitt
Stuck in Ur anus. Thats got to suck. If it was a very hot chick. Im would not mind at all. Look at me Im a pronstar. -- to the lart shelter -kennz
Finally! I got to see granny dance. :D -rokitt
Meh. The only one that took more than five seconds was #20 - there must be 21 different ways to spell that bloody word. Hint for those who need it - it's the short version. -Geminii
Saw the granny dance too! No real cheating involved, though I did need to google for spellings and translations. ojofuffo didn't phase me at all, but I am pretty good at solving the cipher puzzles in the puzzle books. Next! -SalParadise
Seen Granny Dance.... -Wonko The Sane
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Chavs who are allowed think - The mind boggles man not sure if this classifies as nsfw its kinda loud but i will let the first person who watches it say if its nsfw or sfw ok? [By: starfishmagnet / 2006-07-29]
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Darwinism works then. -flapjackboy
Good lord, that thing is everywhere. -namor
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